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00:03:52 I've come back.
00:03:58 Give me a drink, Brother Kipling.
00:04:08 Don't you know me?
00:04:11 No. I don't know you.
00:04:16 Who are you?
00:04:19 What can I do for you?
00:04:20 I told you. Give me a drink.
00:04:55 It was all settled.
00:05:02 Remember?
00:05:04 Danny and me signed the contract
00:05:10 You...
00:05:14 ...stood over there.
00:05:18 I stood there.
00:05:20 And Daniel stood here.
00:05:24 Remember?
00:05:28 Carnehan!
00:05:32 Peachy Taliaferro Carnehan.
00:05:36 Of course.
00:05:38 Keep looking at me. It helps
00:05:43 Carnehan!
00:05:45 The same, and not the same,
00:05:49 ...in a first-class carriage
00:05:53 ...three summers
00:06:06 Jodhpur, please.
00:06:28 Blast!
00:06:48 All aboard!
00:08:06 May I?
00:08:09 Riding in this ashcart is like being
00:08:38 Mr. Clutterbury Das.
00:08:40 Failed entrance examination,
00:08:45 Writer of correspondence
00:08:49 Shut up!
00:08:50 Thank you, sir.
00:09:41 - Out of the window, Babu!
00:09:45 Outside, you inky-fingered thief!
00:09:48 - I hope you break your neck!
00:09:51 - You might have killed him!
00:09:55 - We're not making five miles an hour.
00:10:01 - I caught him stealing your watch.
00:10:07 I say, it is my watch!
00:10:10 Well!
00:10:14 I'm very much obliged to you, Mr...?
00:10:17 Carnehan. Former gunnery sergeant
00:10:22 Mine's Kipling.
00:10:23 - May I offer you a drink?
00:10:32 You've knocked about India a bit,
00:10:35 You can say that twice!
00:10:40 - You don't look green, either.
00:10:43 Great country, or was till bureaucrats
00:10:48 - I hope you're not one of them!
00:10:51 I didn't think so.
00:10:52 They usually have long noses
00:10:56 And I've yet to have
00:11:01 - Glenlivet, 12 years old.
00:11:04 I have an educated taste in whiskey,
00:11:08 But I've had few chances
00:11:11 Because them that governs
00:11:14 ...to stop men like us
00:11:17 Whose loss is it?
00:11:20 If we were unrestrained, she wouldn't
00:11:24 ...it would be 700 millions! Right?
00:11:29 - Where are you heading for?
00:11:32 - Will you return on this line?
00:11:36 Can you make it eight?
00:11:39 ...travelling through Marwar Junction
00:11:43 He expects to meet
00:11:46 I'm sorry, I can't help you there.
00:11:48 Supposing I was to ask you...
00:11:51 ...as a stranger going to the West
00:11:55 What would you say then?
00:11:58 I should answer,
00:12:01 From the East.
00:12:02 I am hoping that you will give
00:12:06 ...for the sake of the widow's son.
00:12:09 - Which lodge do you hail from?
00:12:14 The Queen's Own Royal Loyal Light
00:12:19 - To whom is the message?
00:12:21 - Dravot.
00:12:25 A great swell.
00:12:26 You'll find him
00:12:29 Don't be afraid.
00:12:31 Slip the window down and say,
00:12:36 - "Peachy's gone south for the week."
00:12:40 Well, I'll be getting off now
00:12:47 By the way, Brother Carnehan...
00:12:51 I missed my watch
00:12:54 ...before boarding the train.
00:12:57 How was I to know you were a Mason?
00:13:26 What's this?
00:13:27 God's holy trousers!
00:13:30 Is your name Dravot, sir?
00:13:35 I'm to say that Peachy
00:13:47 He's gone south for the week.
00:13:49 Did he say I'd give anything for this?
00:13:52 - No, he didn't.
00:13:55 For the sake of the widow's son.
00:14:01 - He said south, did he?
00:14:03 Then that'll be Degumber.
00:14:06 Since you're Peachy's pal,
00:14:09 We're gonna put the screw on the rajah
00:14:14 Filled her with peppers
00:14:18 You mean you intend to blackmail him?
00:14:20 You wouldn't get out alive! If they
00:14:26 Both's been tried.
00:14:29 The rajah's an independent ruler.
00:14:33 How will you put the screw on him?
00:14:36 By telling him we're correspondents
00:14:40 You can't! You can't do that!
00:14:44 Because I am the correspondent
00:14:48 - You what?
00:14:53 Eh? What did you say, brother?
00:15:01 As you know,
00:15:05 ...so there's a question
00:15:08 But a charge of conspiracy
00:15:12 I didn't lay this information before
00:15:17 Only to save their lives.
00:15:19 May I ask what particular interest
00:15:23 Well, they happen to be...
00:15:27 ...Freemasons. Like myself.
00:15:29 Freemasons? Them? I'd think
00:15:33 Oh, once a Mason, always a Mason.
00:15:36 Never could understand how
00:15:41 ...wearing aprons and sashes
00:15:46 What is Masonry, Kipling?
00:15:48 It's an ancient order...
00:15:50 ...dedicated to the brotherhood
00:15:54 We should have left that behind
00:15:59 There are tales that it did work here,
00:16:03 Some audacious scholars
00:16:05 ...to the builders
00:16:08 - Old wives' tales, I suspect.
00:16:14 Well, let's have a look
00:16:24 Right turn.
00:16:30 Halt.
00:16:32 Hats off!
00:16:35 You men are not under arrest...
00:16:38 ...thanks to Mr. Kipling, who's a real
00:16:43 But both of you richly deserve
00:16:48 I have your records before me.
00:16:50 There's everything
00:16:53 ...receiving stolen goods
00:16:57 I resent the accusation.
00:16:59 It is blackmail to threaten
00:17:03 What blackmail is there in accepting
00:17:07 How did you propose to do that?
00:17:10 Telling the editor what I know
00:17:13 ...and a certain government official.
00:17:16 Let him put that in his paper
00:17:24 You should have gone home
00:17:27 To what? A porter's uniform
00:17:31 Tips for closing cab doors
00:17:35 Not for us, after watching
00:17:38 ...when the officers had copped it!
00:17:42 There may be no criminal charges, but
00:17:47 ...with the advice you be
00:17:51 Detriments to the empire and the raj.
00:17:54 Detriments you call us? Detriments?
00:17:57 Detriments like us built this bloody
00:18:03 Hats on!
00:18:05 About turn!
00:18:07 By the left, quick march!
00:18:11 Left turn!
00:18:18 There's no need to let any of this
00:18:24 No, no, no.
00:18:31 Copy.
00:19:01 My God! You two!
00:19:05 - We want to ask you a favour.
00:19:09 Calm down, we've never taken
00:19:14 We don't want money,
00:19:17 ...a look at a book or two,
00:19:20 We'll take a drink, but if not,
00:19:23 Peachy is as sober as I am.
00:19:27 So we'll take one of your cigars
00:19:34 ...light up.
00:19:46 And now, sir...
00:19:47 ...let me introduce you to Brother
00:19:52 ...and Brother Daniel Dravot,
00:19:57 The less said about our jobs,
00:20:02 We've been all over India. We know
00:20:07 We have decided
00:20:10 The commissioner said that.
00:20:12 We're going to another place...
00:20:14 ...where a man isn't crowded
00:20:18 We're not little men,
00:20:22 - Kings of Kafiristan.
00:20:25 We hear they have two and 30 idols
00:20:31 It's a place of warring tribes,
00:20:35 ...for such who can train
00:20:38 We'll go there
00:20:41 "Want to vanquish your foes?"
00:20:46 We'll fight for him, make him king
00:20:50 We'll seize his royal throne
00:20:53 How's that for a plan?
00:20:57 You're both out of your minds!
00:21:01 To start with...
00:21:04 ...the only way to get there
00:21:10 Kafiristan? No, no, no.
00:21:13 Two white men would be cut to pieces
00:21:19 Just suppose we managed it.
00:21:22 And suppose we got across
00:21:26 There's the Hindu Kush,
00:21:31 A party of geographers tried several
00:21:36 No white man has ever been there
00:21:41 Alexander who?
00:21:43 Alexander the Great, king of Greece.
00:21:47 If a Greek can do it, we can do it.
00:21:50 Right.
00:21:53 I can only repeat,
00:21:57 Would a pair of lunatics
00:22:03 "This contract between us, pursuing
00:22:08 One: We will settle this together,
00:22:13 Two: We will not, while this
00:22:17 ...or any woman, so as to get mix ed
00:22:22 Three: We act
00:22:24 If one is in trouble, the other stays
00:22:29 There's no need for the last article,
00:22:34 Daniel.
00:23:06 Now, you witness it and it's legal.
00:23:26 Well, gentlemen,
00:23:30 Don't stand on politeness. If you want
00:23:36 Thank you.
00:23:37 We'll send word when we're ready
00:23:42 Yes. Well, try not to burn
00:23:50 Here we are.
00:23:53 "Kafiristan. 10, 000 square miles.
00:23:57 Religion unknown. Population unknown.
00:24:00 Conquered by Alexander in 328 B.C.
00:24:04 According to Herodotus,
00:24:10 ...whose daughter Roxanne
00:24:24 You buy from me,
00:24:27 Very cheap, very nice things for you,
00:24:49 Our forward continuance is impeded
00:24:53 ...you will accompany him that he may
00:24:58 - What thing?
00:25:02 Therefore, I suspect
00:25:05 ...to entice you into
00:25:08 ...where he will take you,
00:25:11 ...cut your throat and rob the money
00:25:16 Crikey!
00:25:17 - Wait at the office!
00:25:20 Myself, I will take you
00:25:23 You will be very happy
00:25:53 Morning to you, brother.
00:25:55 Glad you caught the performance.
00:25:59 It's convincing,
00:26:02 Last week it was kings
00:26:06 - We've gotta get there first.
00:26:11 Who'd hurt some poor crazy priest
00:26:14 Peachy worked this out.
00:26:17 He talks, while I act dumb.
00:26:20 I can clown pretty good now.
00:26:22 I can twitch to put the fear
00:26:25 I can froth at the mouth.
00:26:28 - I can imagine.
00:26:31 Come over here.
00:26:38 Give it a touch-up down here.
00:26:43 - Rifles?
00:26:47 Cost us every sou we got
00:26:51 Good heavens!
00:26:54 Of course, Brother Kipling.
00:26:56 God help you
00:26:59 Gunrunning isn't exactly new to us.
00:27:02 Well, Brother Kipling,
00:27:06 Man, don't do it!
00:27:09 The odds are too great.
00:27:11 Wish us luck. We met upon the level.
00:27:15 And we're parting on the square.
00:27:19 Good luck, indeed.
00:27:27 Come along, you ugly beast.
00:27:35 Wait!
00:27:39 Here. Take this.
00:28:03 Last time Danny and me came through
00:28:08 ...yard by bloody yard...
00:28:11 ...and General Bobbs
00:28:14 But that was years ago.
00:28:17 - Blast! Look who's on sentry!
00:28:22 That loudmouthed mick
00:28:25 Private Mulvaney! Come to attention
00:28:30 Slope arms!
00:28:33 Present! March!
00:28:37 Mark time!
00:28:40 At the double!
00:28:48 Corporal of the guard!
00:28:51 Take three men and put
00:28:55 Bloody man's drunk again!
00:28:57 We came through the Khyber
00:29:01 ...doing all sorts of antics
00:29:04 At night, he told them their fortunes
00:29:08 ...and I translated.
00:29:10 And all concerned were happy...
00:29:12 ...because I promised them
00:29:29 Then at Jaedallak we turned off
00:29:34 They were sad to see us leave
00:29:39 Two she-camels had foaled and there
00:29:46 They waved goodbye to the mad priest
00:29:50 And Danny danced them out of sight.
00:30:04 The country was deserty.
00:30:09 We travelled by night
00:30:12 We didn't want to waste ammunition
00:31:00 The Pushtukan.
00:31:04 A wavy blue line on the map, but we
00:31:09 So Peachy says,
00:31:14 ...we'll trade them for goats.
00:31:19 Major McCrimmon bet me 10 bob he could
00:31:24 He did. Though he'd sat down
00:31:28 Ten shillings was ten shillings
00:32:01 Mules.
00:32:05 Now, the problem is...
00:32:09 ...how to divide five Afghans
00:32:13 ...and have two Englishmen left over.
00:32:17 No. The mules would bolt.
00:32:24 Sit over there, Danny.
00:34:44 So we starts forward into those
00:34:48 ...and never a path broader
00:35:00 The mountains was tall and white...
00:35:04 ...like wild rams,
00:35:07 ...so you couldn't sleep
00:35:35 For God's sake, Danny, pipe down.
00:35:37 - Why? Who's going to hear us?
00:35:42 - You wanna start an avalanche?
00:35:46 If a king can't sing,
00:35:53 The country was mountainous...
00:35:55 ...and the mules was most contrary.
00:35:59 And she died later on.
00:36:02 Danny went snow-blind
00:36:07 Up and up we went,
00:36:11 Through defiles and over snowy saddles
00:36:16 ...two giants stood in our way.
00:36:25 God's holy trousers.
00:36:28 What's the matter?
00:36:29 Blokes twice our size standing
00:36:34 Give them a round apiece.
00:36:45 Not a move out of them.
00:36:47 Stay put.
00:36:49 I'll reconnoitre.
00:36:59 They're not real, thank God.
00:37:01 They're horrible.
00:37:05 Put there by the Kafiris
00:37:09 Peachy, that means
00:37:14 So it does.
00:37:17 - What was that?
00:37:22 What do you mean?
00:37:24 The bridge we crossed by
00:37:27 God.
00:37:44 Now what?
00:37:46 - Tell me.
00:37:49 We've had it, Danny.
00:37:52 - Wide?
00:37:54 It drops into nothing below,
00:38:01 That's the last of them, Peachy.
00:38:07 It looks like last post, Danny.
00:38:12 I don't fancy dying by inches.
00:38:16 - Getting all numb.
00:38:21 ...when the fire goes out.
00:38:25 Bloody shame.
00:38:27 Getting this close and not making it.
00:38:31 A stone's throw away, our kingdom.
00:38:37 I'd have liked to seen you, Danny,
00:38:41 If you could've found one
00:38:46 Peachy, in your opinion...
00:38:50 ...have our lives been misspent?
00:38:55 Well, that depends
00:38:58 The world's not a better
00:39:01 No, hardly that.
00:39:03 - Nobody's gonna weep at our demise.
00:39:07 And we haven't many good deeds
00:39:11 None. None to brag about.
00:39:15 But how many have been
00:39:17 ...and seen what we've seen?
00:39:21 Even now, I wouldn't change places
00:39:26 ...if it meant giving up my memories.
00:39:31 Remember the time the Highlanders
00:39:35 ...at Ali Masjit and Pipe Major
00:39:41 Half a crown was in it, right?
00:39:43 So he goes after it without checking
00:39:48 And then he got the Victoria Cross...
00:39:51 ...because the Highlanders
00:40:40 Danny, we can get on!
00:41:09 Kafiristan.
00:41:12 The promised land.
00:43:04 Must be their Halloween.
00:43:16 Upsadaisy, lad.
00:43:33 Brass band and all.
00:43:46 Bloody cheek. Where's their gratitude?
00:43:49 I say! I say there!
00:43:53 Are you Englishmen, please?
00:43:56 Stone the bleeding crows!
00:44:00 - And who might you be?
00:44:24 Peachy, it's a Gurkha.
00:44:27 Rifleman Machendra Gurung.
00:44:31 Is that right? Well, report, rifleman.
00:44:34 What are you doing here?
00:44:37 - I come with Colonel Robertson, sir.
00:44:41 Oh, dear me, alas, by Jove.
00:44:43 Party not reaching Er-Heb
00:44:46 Large mountain is falling on everyone.
00:44:50 Everybody buried alive
00:44:54 What about them up there
00:44:58 ...and then shooting arrows at us?
00:45:00 Big noise to scare away devils!
00:45:03 - Many devils here these days.
00:45:07 Kafiristan peoples very ignorant.
00:45:09 I say to head man Ootah, I say,
00:45:14 ...they're Gorasahibs.
00:45:17 Good man, Billy Fish.
00:45:19 And now, if you'll take us
00:45:22 ...we will begin his education.
00:45:41 People of Er-Heb, do not fear.
00:45:44 They are our friends, not our enemies.
00:45:48 Do you understand?
00:45:52 There is no need to fear.
00:45:58 Why are you so afraid?
00:46:03 They're from England!
00:46:06 White men.
00:46:09 Ootah!
00:46:11 Come on down.
00:46:13 No need to be afraid.
00:46:19 Come down!
00:46:23 Don't be afraid.
00:46:41 Tell him we won't hurt him,
00:47:02 He wants to know where you come from.
00:47:04 Tell him we tumbled from the skies.
00:47:13 He wants to know, are you gods?
00:47:15 Not gods, Englishmen,
00:47:23 I ofttimes tell Ootah
00:47:26 How they name dogs,
00:47:29 ...and march left, right
00:47:33 Bringing enlightenment
00:47:39 He wants to know how rifle works.
00:47:46 Show him, Peachy.
00:48:00 We are not gods, exactly,
00:48:04 ...to deliver you from your enemies.
00:48:12 Enemies all around.
00:48:15 The Bashkai are the worst.
00:48:22 All town comes out and pisses
00:48:26 Shocking!
00:48:30 They are always stealing our womans.
00:48:34 Putting on masks.
00:48:38 And so our head chap
00:48:41 ...and running like bloody hell away.
00:48:48 He give you two goats for each
00:48:55 One goat for each womans and childs.
00:48:58 Rather than knock them over
00:49:01 ...we'd like to do it
00:49:03 Serve him up a proper victory.
00:49:13 He says, "How much?"
00:49:15 Only the honour of leading
00:49:25 And what we fancy in souvenirs.
00:49:28 - A bauble here and a bangle there.
00:49:34 We hope to go on from victory to
00:49:40 And a monarch of all you survey.
00:49:46 - All he surveys?
00:49:52 The mountains will echo your name.
00:49:58 Ootah the Great!
00:50:09 Oh, he says he prefers
00:50:11 Then Ootah the Terrible it shall be.
00:50:20 And take him in token of our earnest.
00:50:27 And now the womans of Er-Heb
00:50:31 Couldn't happen in a better cause.
00:51:20 - Contract.
00:51:30 Ootah say, "You, you no like?"
00:51:33 Tell him we've given up strong drink
00:51:48 Boil them once or twice in hot water...
00:51:51 ...and they'll come out
00:51:53 You wouldn't know them from the
00:52:00 - Ootah says, "Take your pick."
00:52:06 Oh, tell His Majesty one's prettier
00:52:12 Take as many as you like.
00:52:16 He has 27 daughters.
00:52:18 They're his daughters?
00:52:22 - Dirty old brute!
00:52:26 Mustn't be prejudiced, Peachy.
00:52:29 Tell His Majesty we've also taken
00:52:34 ...till all his enemies
00:52:46 He has 32 sons if you're liking boys.
00:52:52 Tell him he makes my gorge rise!
00:52:54 Hold on, Peachy, he's only being
00:53:06 Polo!
00:53:37 Everything's the same.
00:53:40 - Is the ball always that big?
00:53:44 Big head, big ball.
00:53:48 The bloody heathens.
00:53:50 Different countries, different customs.
00:53:56 Now, listen to me,
00:54:01 We're gonna teach you soldiering,
00:54:06 When we're done, you'll be able to
00:54:12 But first, you'll have to learn
00:54:16 ...do the manual of arms
00:54:20 Good soldiers don't think,
00:54:25 You think if a man thought twice,
00:54:30 Not bloody likely!
00:54:34 One look at your foolish faces...
00:54:37 ...tells me you're going to be
00:54:41 Him there with a 51l2 hat size
00:54:54 Timing in the British Army
00:54:59 One, two, three.
00:55:03 Say after me, "One, two, three."
00:55:09 Wait. Ready, steady, go.
00:55:12 One, two, three.
00:55:14 One, two, three.
00:55:17 Say it at the same time as the others.
00:55:26 Right. Go!
00:55:27 One, two, three.
00:55:29 One, two, three.
00:55:31 Billy, tell him to say it
00:55:35 One, two, three. Right.
00:55:38 One, two, three.
00:55:40 No! He's saying it
00:55:43 Not before them, not after them,
00:55:48 Right. Attention!
00:55:52 No. You, look...
00:55:56 That one goes to there! Say that one
00:56:02 Down there, like that.
00:56:04 There. There we are.
00:56:24 Come on, smarten up,
00:56:27 Attention!
00:56:29 That's better.
00:56:31 Troops, march!
00:56:36 By the left. Quick. March!
00:56:40 Left. Left. Left, right, left.
00:56:55 Wait. You're a handsome piece,
00:56:59 ...but the contract states the party
00:57:03 ...and the party of the second part,
00:57:08 ...shall nowise compromise ourselves...
00:57:10 ...with parties of the third part,
00:57:14 All binding, properly sworn to...
00:57:17 ...witnessed and attested.
00:57:21 - Danny!
00:57:24 Thank God you arrived.
00:57:26 Let's go seek safety in battle.
00:57:55 Trumpeter, sound your trumpet!
00:58:29 Billy Fish.
00:58:33 Blood is what we want.
00:58:37 So it shall be!
00:58:42 Like old times, Peachy.
00:58:45 It's a good job the odds
00:59:00 Halt!
00:59:05 Line up in a straight line here.
00:59:26 Present!
00:59:29 Aim!
00:59:59 Who are they?
01:00:01 What's happening?
01:00:03 Very holy men.
01:00:05 They walk through Kafiristan
01:00:10 Battle is postponed
01:00:16 - Why are their eyes closed?
01:00:20 ...so keep eyes closed until they
01:00:54 Fire!
01:00:59 Aim! Fire!
01:01:06 Charge! Come on.
01:01:10 Oh, that great bloody showoff!
01:01:13 Rifle section, form line!
01:01:37 Advance!
01:01:39 Volley fire! Commence!
01:01:43 Charge!
01:03:20 What did you think you were
01:03:24 - I got carried away. Blood was up.
01:03:29 ...hoping to be mentioned
01:03:32 - You ought to be ashamed!
01:03:35 Supposing you got killed.
01:03:38 - Won't happen again.
01:03:41 - Why are you carrying that arrow?
01:03:51 Hold on!
01:03:53 What's he up to?
01:04:05 He say he win this big battle.
01:04:09 ...he lop off their heads.
01:04:12 I never saw him in the
01:04:15 There's no prisoner ex ecutions
01:04:18 Tell him to put that sword away.
01:04:25 He says once sword unsheathed,
01:04:29 Just as I thought.
01:04:37 He says watch out or he get very angry
01:04:53 All right. Up you get.
01:04:57 No more grovelling.
01:05:00 We aren't gonna torch your city...
01:05:02 ...or hang you in chains,
01:05:07 Tell them to divide their goods in half
01:05:17 Henceforth, let the men of Er-Heb
01:05:23 Brothers in arms.
01:05:25 Let them march under one banner
01:05:35 Have the Bashkai any enemies
01:05:41 Oh, enemies all around!
01:05:43 Bhardoks, Ghundaras, Shus, Khawaks.
01:05:49 The Bhardoks piss downstream
01:05:54 Shocking!
01:05:55 We'll strike them
01:06:04 Silver bracelet, 10 shillings.
01:06:07 A good heavy necklace of the same,
01:06:12 Earring with bangles.
01:06:15 One pig sticker with plain handle.
01:06:19 A gold coin worn pretty thin.
01:06:24 A rosy red ring
01:06:28 All this should fetch
01:06:32 Not too bad for the back of beyond.
01:06:36 Sikander!
01:06:38 They're calling for you.
01:06:41 For me?
01:07:04 Sikander. Sikander.
01:07:07 What does Sikander mean, Billy?
01:07:10 Sikander a god. Come here
01:07:14 That's the bloke Kipling told us about.
01:07:18 Alexander?
01:07:19 Alexander. Sikander.
01:07:22 Here.
01:07:23 - Alexander.
01:07:26 Sikandergul, high in mountains.
01:07:30 All people worship him.
01:07:32 Then one day, time comes,
01:07:36 People pull their hair out,
01:07:39 So Sikander promised to send back son.
01:07:43 328 B.C., encyclopaedia said.
01:07:47 They saw arrow go into Danny's chest,
01:07:54 So?
01:07:55 So, son of Sikander.
01:07:59 They think I'm a god?
01:08:04 A god! Put your foot out
01:08:09 - You may kiss my royal arse.
01:08:13 - You're a deity, remember?
01:08:15 - Yes, Billy?
01:08:19 No, he's a man like us. He can
01:08:24 Which I bet is more
01:08:27 But the arrow.
01:08:31 The arrow stuck in the bandolier.
01:08:34 You better tell them. And my dad's
01:08:39 ...and he was a bar steward in Durham!
01:08:42 Hang on, Danny.
01:08:54 - Maybe we're missing a bet.
01:08:57 Supposing you was an ignorant Kafiri...
01:09:00 ...who would you rather follow,
01:09:04 Now, we're here to conquer
01:09:08 Well, with you as a god, it would take
01:09:13 The idea is a bit blasphemous like.
01:09:16 No, Danny...
01:09:17 ...blaspheming is when
01:09:23 ...God Almighty's.
01:09:26 What if they found out
01:09:29 Why should they?
01:09:31 We won't tell them.
01:09:36 - You won't tell them, will you, Billy?
01:09:47 Polo.
01:09:50 Polo.
01:10:14 Er-Heb and Bashkai
01:10:17 - With whose head?
01:10:31 We marched and fought and took
01:10:36 They were well trained, but with Danny
01:10:41 ...they were also inspired.
01:11:58 Sikander! Sikander!
01:12:04 After half a dozen victories,
01:12:08 ...that the fighting stopped.
01:12:11 ...and bevies of maidens
01:12:56 Girl.
01:13:14 Venus de Milo in the flesh,
01:13:17 ...and not Guinness and champagne.
01:13:20 ...tell her to stand up
01:13:32 Just gazing, Peachy. Just gazing.
01:13:36 Just enjoying beauty for its own sake.
01:13:39 Being only human,
01:13:43 Give her a hat with a feather, and
01:13:48 ...could hold a candle to her.
01:13:51 I must admit...
01:13:53 ...she really is an eyeful.
01:13:57 What's your name, girl?
01:14:01 - Roxanne.
01:14:03 Here.
01:14:04 Wasn't that the name of the princess
01:14:08 It was that.
01:14:17 Hold your head up.
01:14:28 - Girl afraid.
01:14:31 If god takes a girl, she catches fire
01:14:35 - They do what?
01:14:39 His veins run fire, not blood.
01:14:45 In one flash.
01:14:46 Not even ashes left.
01:14:48 I bet a jealous goddess made that up.
01:15:13 They come from Sikandergul...
01:15:15 ...with a message for son of Sikander.
01:15:19 They're looking at him,
01:15:28 - The message's from Kafu Selim.
01:15:31 Kafu Selim, high priest of Kafiristan.
01:15:37 What's the message?
01:15:41 Kafu Selim says come.
01:15:44 Come?
01:15:46 - Is that all?
01:15:49 Doesn't waste words, does he?
01:15:52 Tell him we appreciate the invitation.
01:15:56 ...one of these days.
01:16:02 What does he want to see us about?
01:16:05 He just says come.
01:16:07 I see.
01:16:09 All right, tell him to stand by and
01:16:20 He says,
01:16:23 Without the army?
01:16:25 Tell him Peachy and me don't go
01:16:31 Shut up, Danny.
01:16:35 We have to go.
01:16:36 Have you gone starky?
01:16:38 Keep your voice down and put a smile
01:16:44 We'd be stone bonkers to walk into
01:16:49 Either we do what they say
01:16:53 Make a beeline for the mountains
01:16:57 Run? Not bloody likely.
01:17:01 No...
01:17:02 ...from our blokes.
01:17:06 If we back away from a meeting with
01:17:10 ...and that is the one thing
01:17:15 What to do?
01:17:17 Bluff it out.
01:17:19 Polish our buttons, stuff ramrods
01:17:24 Like we did when we were on charges
01:18:17 - Sikandergul.
01:18:55 No weapons allowed in Holy City.
01:20:19 All right...
01:20:20 ...you got us here.
01:20:23 Now what?
01:20:30 Where's your high panjandrum?
01:20:51 Afternoon, Your Reverence.
01:21:07 Tell him he can keep it.
01:21:20 - What did he say?
01:21:29 You mortals wait down there.
01:21:57 Tell them to take their
01:22:00 ...or I'll have their guts for garters!
01:22:04 ...and feed them to the kites!
01:22:07 How dare you lay your hands on me,
01:22:15 Sikander!
01:22:48 Now what the bleeding hell?
01:22:51 One minute he's about to
01:22:54 ...next minute he's
01:22:57 He saw that...
01:23:00 ...and dropped like he was poleax ed!
01:23:05 He says that is mark of Sikander.
01:23:38 They're Masons!
01:23:40 By the square, level, plumb rule,
01:23:45 The craft, Danny!
01:23:47 - That's what saved us.
01:23:53 Only highest priest knows
01:23:57 ...put in stone long ago by Sikander.
01:24:00 Now, Kafu Selim rejoicing
01:28:04 It ain't brass, Danny.
01:28:33 - Sikander?
01:28:46 These here...
01:28:48 ...make jewels in the Tower of London
01:29:03 God's holy trousers!
01:29:12 Look at the size of that ruby!
01:29:21 There's a bigger one.
01:29:24 Why, Danny...
01:29:25 ...we only have to fill our pockets and
01:29:31 And all of it, all...
01:29:35 ...would make us the
01:29:39 - The empire.
01:29:44 But will they let us take it?
01:29:47 Take it away, I mean.
01:29:52 Ask him, Billy.
01:30:03 He says, belong to son of Sikander.
01:30:07 Leave it here,
01:30:10 His will be done.
01:30:13 We've mules enough, and riflemen
01:30:19 What month is it?
01:30:21 January, I make it...
01:30:22 ...or maybe February.
01:30:27 ...four months of
01:30:31 Four long months!
01:30:34 What'll we do with the time?
01:30:36 Add up our blessings here...
01:30:39 ...divide them by two...
01:30:41 ...not forgetting you, Billy.
01:30:44 And multiply that by the
01:30:50 Tell His Reverence...
01:30:51 ...he has my thanks for discharging
01:30:57 ...and delivering to me what is mine.
01:31:02 And tell him I'm also grateful
01:31:07 ...who waited for me,
01:31:11 ...down the centuries to this
01:31:26 My lord, these people
01:31:32 This man owns 60 cows.
01:31:36 - Very enterprising of him.
01:31:42 She's his wife. Every time
01:31:46 ...other man has to pay
01:31:50 Use other man's wife,
01:31:53 He's piled up
01:31:56 ...out of her infidelities?
01:32:01 She ain't a wife.
01:32:06 And these are the unfaithful
01:32:11 Those four, wives of one man.
01:32:17 This ain't no laughing matter!
01:32:20 No cattle, there ain't meat nor
01:32:24 ...butter or cheese and the
01:32:28 Outrageous, it is!
01:32:31 Now...
01:32:34 For encouraging his wife to comport
01:32:38 ...one cow shall be paid
01:32:42 For using a good law for
01:32:45 For causing the young
01:32:49 For thinking he can
01:32:53 He shall pay 22 cases of compensation
01:32:58 Which means, she's got...
01:33:04 - Fourteen and two-thirds.
01:33:07 ...to come out even.
01:33:10 Let's see how he likes it when she
01:33:34 - What's the charge?
01:33:37 This chief from Agatsi which
01:33:40 ...and supply of grains go up in smoke.
01:33:44 ...to raid another village for
01:33:47 They don't have to raid and they won't
01:33:52 - What number is it?
01:33:55 Each village will bring
01:33:59 ...to my royal city of Sikandergul
01:34:04 Henceforth, any village
01:34:08 ...shall have grain issued
01:34:12 I now pronounce this law enacted.
01:34:15 I pronounce a recess in this durbar.
01:34:18 - Yes, my lord.
01:34:25 If we're gonna make
01:34:29 ...you ought to bow when you pass
01:34:36 - All right, Danny.
01:34:38 - For appearances' sake.
01:34:42 - No offense?
01:34:54 You have to take your
01:34:58 He dealt out justice
01:35:02 Peachy was general of his armies, but
01:35:08 Danny had him build a bridge that would
01:35:13 It'd help keep Peachy occupied
01:35:37 Look, Danny, the geese.
01:35:41 A fortnight and the pass will open.
01:35:46 ...high up on the mountain
01:35:57 - I ain't going, Peachy.
01:36:03 - You heard me.
01:36:06 Correct.
01:36:08 Have you gone barmy?
01:36:11 No, I ain't been drinking neither.
01:36:17 I see things clear.
01:36:20 It's like bandages have been
01:36:26 Have you ever walked
01:36:30 ...and it's like
01:36:34 - I know what you mean.
01:36:37 This isn't the first time
01:36:42 There's more to this
01:36:45 It all adds up.
01:36:48 What does?
01:36:50 Everything that's happened from the
01:36:55 No, before that...
01:36:57 ...beginning with your taking
01:37:02 More than chance has been
01:37:07 Why his watch and not somebody else's?
01:37:10 And what made him give me the emblem?
01:37:13 One thing after the other.
01:37:16 The avalanche, the arrow...
01:37:19 ...the mark on the stone...
01:37:21 ...not to mention another Roxanne.
01:37:26 The same.
01:37:28 One more thing is needful
01:37:33 - I take her to wife.
01:37:37 Who's talking women?
01:37:39 - A queen to breed a king's son.
01:37:43 The contract lasted until we was
01:37:48 The first king since Alexander, the
01:37:54 - 14.
01:37:57 Him...
01:37:59 ...and now me!
01:38:03 They call me his son and I am...
01:38:06 ...in spirit anyway.
01:38:09 It's a hugeous responsibility.
01:38:12 The bridge is the first of many.
01:38:17 A nation I shall make of it
01:38:21 I shall treat on equal terms the viceroy
01:38:25 When I've accomplished what I set out
01:38:30 ...not kneel, mind you, but stand
01:38:36 "Please accept the Order of the Garter
01:38:42 She'll pin it on me herself.
01:38:48 And I tell you, you need a physic!
01:38:52 I'm fair disappointed in you.
01:38:54 You, who followed me and
01:38:57 Followed you, me? Who had hold
01:39:02 The jenny also done her bit.
01:39:05 Danny! We've had this rare streak
01:39:10 - Cut and run while the running's good.
01:39:16 Ha, ha! Pardon me
01:39:22 Whatever you may think and however you
01:39:26 So don't you provoke me,
01:39:30 Or you'll do what?
01:39:31 You've got me trembling
01:39:38 - You have permission to bugger off!
01:39:43 ...bleeding permission!
01:39:48 And may you rot in hell, Daniel Dravot!
01:39:52 From Sikander the First to the Second
01:39:57 ...and a country needs a king
01:40:01 One is the glory of the other.
01:40:04 Therefore, I shall leave a son behind
01:40:10 ...so the succession will be unbroken
01:40:17 To which end...
01:40:19 ...I have chosen a wife.
01:40:22 Roxanne of Khawak.
01:40:43 Let her be brought here
01:40:47 I want flowers strewed
01:40:50 The wedding ceremony will be
01:40:55 Let messengers be sent forth and
01:41:01 Selah.
01:41:21 What are they saying?
01:41:23 How can daughters
01:41:27 - A god can do anything.
01:41:30 - Who says it isn't?
01:41:37 Would they put their word
01:41:44 They say let lmbra decide.
01:41:47 Imbra is highest god of all.
01:41:50 And what if lmbra should
01:41:54 What'll they do about it?
01:41:57 Am I a dog or a god?
01:41:59 Haven't I put the shadow of my hand
01:42:05 Do as I say! Send for the girl!
01:42:07 Tell them that's an order!
01:42:32 - Well, Billy, what's going on?
01:42:37 Priests open up birds, green inside and
01:42:42 They probably cut the spleen.
01:42:47 Don't worry, Billy, the girl won't go
01:42:52 Girl don't matter.
01:42:56 Few girls more or less...
01:42:58 ...but cows now, they dry up
01:43:04 And corn do not ripen.
01:43:07 Everybody go hungry.
01:43:08 Now, Billy, you know as well as I do
01:43:15 He told you about the arrow.
01:43:17 But then, priests must
01:43:21 He not angry because...
01:43:24 ...god marrying a mortal
01:43:28 ...pretend to be a god.
01:45:07 Roxanne, don't be afraid...
01:45:10 ...I wouldn't harm you.
01:45:12 When the time comes,
01:45:17 All women should when
01:45:20 But you won't perish, girl,
01:46:47 Well, Danny...
01:46:49 ...the time has come,
01:46:52 When do you leave?
01:46:54 At first light.
01:46:56 I thought you might look in the
01:47:01 - See what I'm taking.
01:47:04 I weighed the gold out, pound for
01:47:09 Right.
01:47:12 I'll only need half the
01:47:15 I'd like to take 20 riflemen
01:47:20 Take them.
01:47:29 God's holy trousers!
01:47:35 What is that?
01:47:42 They're savages here, one and all.
01:47:45 Leave them to slaughtering babies,
01:47:49 ...and pissing on their neighbours.
01:47:55 Please, Danny...
01:47:59 ...for the last time of asking...
01:48:02 ...come back with me.
01:48:05 For the last time of answering,
01:48:08 I know you've got my best
01:48:12 ...but the choice has been made.
01:48:14 Well, I'll be seeing you, then?
01:48:18 In London maybe...
01:48:22 ...when the queen gives you
01:48:35 - Peachy.
01:48:37 I'll be married midmorning.
01:48:39 Could you not wait
01:48:42 See me up the aisle
01:48:47 If you like.
01:50:56 Peachy, the ring.
01:51:02 I, Sikander the Second,
01:51:06 ...Roxanne, to be
01:51:09 ...and queen of Kafiristan.
01:51:31 She bit me!
01:51:36 The slut bit me!
01:52:03 What's he saying?
01:52:05 Danny's bleeding, they know!
01:52:10 They've twigged it, Danny.
01:52:16 The jig's up!
01:52:17 - I, Sikander...
01:52:23 We've got to brass it out, Danny.
01:52:35 Bags of swank.
01:53:13 We'll get your riflemen and
01:53:26 A drenching in their own blood
01:53:31 Too many for that, Danny.
01:53:34 Retire? Retire be damned!
01:53:36 We've gotta make a run for it!
01:53:41 Front section...
01:53:44 ...fire!
01:53:47 Back!
01:53:50 Front rank, fire!
01:53:55 Break ranks!
01:55:40 Mount the mule and ride!
01:55:44 Gurkha foot soldier, not cavalry.
01:55:47 Rifleman Machendra Bahadur Gurung
01:56:19 Out of bloody ammo!
01:56:21 Me too!
01:56:42 I'm heartily ashamed
01:56:46 ...instead of going home rich...
01:56:48 ...on account of me being so
01:56:53 Can you forgive me?
01:56:57 That I can, and that I do, Danny.
01:57:01 Free and full and
01:57:05 Everything's all right, then.
01:58:13 Cut, you buggers, cut!
01:59:03 And old Danny fell round
01:59:09 ...like a penny whirligig.
01:59:13 It took him half an hour to fall
01:59:19 And do you know what
01:59:24 They crucified him, sir...
01:59:28 ...between two pine trees...
01:59:31 ...as Peachy's hands will show.
01:59:37 Poor Peachy, who'd never
01:59:41 He just hung there and he screamed,
01:59:45 The next day they came
01:59:48 ...and said it's a miracle he wasn't
01:59:54 And Peachy come home
01:59:58 ...and the mountains they tried
02:00:03 ...but he was quite safe
02:00:10 And Daniel never let go
02:00:17 And Peachy never let go
02:00:23 His head?
02:00:25 You knew Danny, sir.
02:00:27 Oh, yes.
02:00:30 You knew most worshipful Brother...
02:00:36 ...Daniel Dravot, Esquire.
02:00:39 Well...
02:00:42 ...he became the king of Kafiristan...
02:00:47 ...with a crown on his head.
02:00:51 And that's all there is to tell.
02:00:55 I've got urgent business in the South.
02:00:58 I have to meet a man